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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Samir F Bassily, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Stuart F Bockman, Torrance, CA (US);
George N Young, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Electronics, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
136245 ; 136292 ; 244173 ;
Abstract
A rigid panel solar array for a spacecraft. The layers of materials for the panels are selected and oriented to control the net coefficient of thermal expansion in the array's longitudinal direction. Some of the layers are discontinuous and softly coupled to the others by flexible adhesive materials. The panels are interconnected with hinge members which are positioned at appropriate locations and with appropriate degrees of freedom so that thermally induced transverse bending does not cause transverse motion of the center-of-mass of the panels.